The
International Sign Association
presents the webinar:
Mind
Your Business – Prepare for Sign Policy Shift
with Obama Administration
With
the election of Barack Obama and the increased
Democratic majority in the Congress, 2009 will
see a shift in the policy direction in
Washington. Sign companies will be faced with
new legislation and regulations in labor,
employment, environmental and tax policy. ISA is
partnering with federal policy experts from the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to examine the new
initiatives expected in the next four years and
explore how those initiatives will affect
manufacturers in the sign industry. Marc
Freedman, U.S. Chamber Director of Labor Law
Policy, will forecast upcoming legislation in
OSHA, immigration and healthcare policy, while
Thomas Myers, U.S. Chamber Environment Counsel,
will examine environmental, energy and
record-keeping regulations. This informative and
timely program will:
Presenter's
Bios:
Thomas F. Myers
Counsel
and Committee Executive, Regulatory Affairs,
Environment, Technology & Regulatory
Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
F. Myers is counsel to the Environment,
Technology & Regulatory Affairs Division at
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is also the
executive of the U.S. Chamber’s Regulatory
Affairs Committee, a group made up of more than
100 industry representatives that creates all
regulatory policy for the U.S. Chamber.
Myers
came to the U.S. Chamber after ten years of
experience in private law practice, where he
worked for two of the largest law firms in the
world. He represented environmental and policy
interests for a broad spectrum of clients. His
practice primarily involved working with local,
state, and federal agencies on environmental and
regulatory issues and counseling national and
international clients on compliance with
environmental laws, policies, and regulations.
Myers
is a member of the State Bars of Michigan and
the District of Columbia.
Marc
Freedman
Director Of Labor Law
Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Marc
Freedman is director of labor law policy at the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In this capacity,
Freedman is responsible for developing and
advocating the Chamber’s response to OSHA
matters, the Employee Free Choice Act, the
Family and Medical Leave Act, the minimum wage
increase, and other labor and workplace issues.
In addition, he is involved in the Chamber’s
activities on implementing the ADA Title III
Accessibility Guidelines.
Before
joining the Chamber in 2004, Freedman was the
regulatory counsel for the Senate Small Business
Committee during the chairmanships of Sens. Kit
Bond (R-MO) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). He
focused on ensuring that agencies properly take
into account the impact of their regulations on
small businesses. He was also involved in the
battle over the Clinton administration’s OSHA
ergonomics regulation and the effort to pass
legislation creating national Association Health
Plans to help small businesses obtain better
options for health insurance.
Facilitator's
Bio:
Ken Peskin, ISA's State & Local Government
Affairs Manager, helps represent the on-premise
sign industry in responding to code issues
across the country. He regularly meets with city
officials, appears at public hearings, files
written comments on draft ordinances and speaks
on sign-related issues. Ken grew up in the sign
industry, as his family has been sign-painting
and manufacturing custom electric signs in
Youngstown, Ohio since 1918. Before joining ISA,
Ken worked for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
handling federal regulatory and environmental
issues.
Upcoming
Session:
Crane
Safety Training – Increase Productivity
& Reduce Costs
Cedar Lake Hotel
& Conference Center
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Questions?
Contact Makita Gray at makita.gray@signs.org
or (703) 836-6068.
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